CELE_F09C3.1, tag-2, F09C3.1

pes-7 encodes an IQGAP ortholog; IQGAP proteins bind actin and CLIP-170, effect activities of the Rho family GTPases Rac1 and Cdc42, and function in cytokinesis; PES-7 is required for completing meiosis and mitosis, and for germline formation and maintenance; IQGAP's alpha-actinin domain is related distantly to alpha-actinin domains in calponin, transgelin (SM22 alpha), and the proto-oncogene Vav; a pes-7 reporter is first expressed in the ventral nerve cord of the elongating embryo and in later stages of development is also expressed in all major ganglia, the vulva, and in the spermathecal valves; in the ventral nerve cord, pes-7 expression is detected in nuclei as well as in cell bodies and neural processes.

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